Resources to Assist with the Re-Imagining the Middle Grades Project

Developmental Characteristics of Young Adolescents

• Fundamentals for Student Success in the Middle Grades (a 17 minute presentation)
• NMSA Research Summary: Young Adolescents' Developmental Characteristics
• NMSA Research Summary: Characteristics of Exemplary Schools for Young Adolescents
• This We Believe
• Turning Points 2000

Organizations and Their Programs & Services

• Pennsylvania Middle School Association
• PMSA Professional Development
• National Middle School Association
• NMSA: Month of the Young Adolescent
• NMSA: Annual Conference
• NMSA Conference: Digital Brochure

Our Book Study

• This We Believe in Action

A Middle Grades Reading List

Real World Learning Wiki

Resources to support instruction for active, engaged learning